This Cache is placed as part of the 2016 New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. There are 76 geocaches hidden within 18 state parks and historic sites in this parks region, and geocachers finding 40 or more will be eligible to receive a commemorative, unique, and trackable geocoin. The first 100 people to find 40 or more caches will receive a special geocache challenge coin. If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com New for 2016 – NYS Parks Central Region will be hosting a similar challenge!! 10 caches found in the Central Region Challenge can be used toward the Sara-Cap Challenge!
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item. Some of the items in the cache are park souvenirs and do not need to be replaced with a trade item.
This cache is in the Crown Point State Historic Site in Crown Point, NY. This site is open all year round from dawn to dusk
This cache will take you into Fort St. Frederic built between 1734 and 1737 by the French as part of the struggle between France and Britain for control of North America. This Fort stood until 1759 when General Jeffery Amherst and a British force of over 12,000 men forced the French to evacuate and head north. The outer limestone walls of the fort were about 18 feet high with a drawbridge and a moat at its entrance. Once across the drawbridge the entryway passed through a two-story stone guard house that contained the winding gear for the drawbridge and portcullis, which was an iron grating that could be lowered to further seal the entrance. On the first floor were the quarters for the fort's guard and on the second floor a hospital and quarters for the interpreter of Indian languages. This cache is located within this guardhouse of Fort St Frederic.